Job Description:
Come and join a dynamic team as a Risk Management Professional to play a key role in measuring, monitoring, and managing investment risk across the organization. As part of the ISIF Risk Management team, you will be responsible for assessing the investment risk of individual investments and asset classes and how each contributes to the overall risk of the fund.
Main Responsibilities:
* Conduct bottom-up and top-down risk assessments and scenario analyses to challenge and validate both public and private investment transactions.
* Closely collaborate with investment teams to provide value-add risk management insights to both new investment proposals and existing portfolio investments.
* Deliver risk assessments on investment proposals across public and private markets.
* Review and oversight of the investment portfolio and asset allocation, ensuring alignment with the ISIF Strategy and risk tolerance.
* Ongoing stress testing of both private and public asset exposures and developing risk tools and processes to make this work repeatable.
* Collaborate with and where necessary challenge internal teams (e.g., ESG, investment monitoring, economics, deal origination, data analytics and MI) to align risk and investment perspectives.
* Manage ad-hoc projects as required to provide portfolio insights to colleagues, ISIF Investment Committee and stakeholders.
Requirements:
* 5+ years' experience in investment management, fund management, risk management, corporate finance or similar environment.
* Experience in risk management of both public and private investments.
* Strong understanding of asset allocation, portfolio construction, and risk analytics.
* Proven ability to assess macroeconomic indicators and translate them into actionable investment insights.
* Familiarity with valuation methodologies, debt pricing, and market benchmarking.
* Knowledge/Experience of portfolio construction tools and asset allocation models.
Benefits:
* Flexible work options including hybrid working and variable work hours.
* An extensive wellbeing programme.
* Excellent learning and development opportunities that allow for full career development within the organization.
* A diverse range of initiatives: LGBT+, Gender Matters, Disability Awareness, Sports & Social, Volunteering and lots more.
* Reimbursement of annual professional membership fees.
* Career average Defined Benefit Pension Scheme.
Other Information:
* The ideal candidate will have a strong analytical mind and excellent communication skills.
* A collaborative mindset with the ability to work across multidisciplinary teams.
* An independent operator and thinker, with strong self-leadership.
* A flexible team player capable of managing a number of stakeholders in a professional manner and a number of competing projects to completion.
About Us:
We are an equal opportunities employer and recognize that a diverse and inclusive workplace informs better decision making, creative thinking, innovation and drives business performance.